Educational film catalog (1936)

EDUCATIONAL FILM CATALOG 916.8-917.123 916.8 South Africa Happy Hottentots. (Magic carpet ser.) 1R 16-sd-rent $5 TFC 916.8 A 20th Century-Fox production This film is chiefly concerned with the ceremonials, processions, and dancing of the Zulu and Swazi tribes of South Africa. . . Action sounds, some native music, chanting and drumming are recorded. There is a background of orchestral music. Captions rather than commentary. Should be useful in social geography, grades 4 through 9; might also interest grades 10 through college. Unfortunately the captions are somewhat facetious in tone." Advisory committee el-jh-sh-c 917.1 Canada Canada. (Filmsets in geography 24) 4j4min 16-si-$6 1940 Filmsets 917.1 One of a series of 48 units on geogra- phy. Each unit is composed of 30 or more scenes pertinent to a particular subject. A book of instruction on the use of these specially prepared short films giving the objectives, approach, film outline, lesson story and suggesting supporting units for each film as well as actual pictures from the film is available for $1.75 Contents: Pacific region—forests, rivers, pack horses and trails, Indians, frozen tundras and ice-bound rivers. Central Plain—prairie, dams, canal heads, canals, irrigation, flooded fields and wheat grow- ing. Eastern region—French influences, Quebec, churches, home architecture, rais- ing hay, apples, potatoes, building boats, mending nets, fishing, drying fish, tide and Bore in the Bay of Fundy "Our audio-visual committee feels that, although these pictures may be helpful to schools unable to afford four hundred foot films, they can in no way compare with longer pictures. The films jump from one aspect of a subject to another with no transitions and they omit im- portant phases. Besides, the editing and photography are amateurish." Collaborator "One of the most progressive practical steps in the film work tool field." Col- laborator Guide $1.75 French-Canadian children, llmin 16-sd-$S0 t 35-sd-nf-$100 1940 Erpi 917.1 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM 16mm: BosU Geo Ind IoS Ken NC Houses of French-Canadian farmers are almost hidden by huge snow banks built up by the winter winds. Mother Dufour is getting her children ready for school. Hector, Lorette, and Rachel are advised to behave and study well, and then their father calls them, for it is time to start. Conversation in this film is in French. Roger, who is only five, remains at home. Gay good-bys are called as they start off in the sleigh. Little Roger knows how to get wood, cut by his father last summer, from under the heavy snow. Arriving at school Hector, Lorette, and Rachel joyfully join in a show fight. When the school bell rings, reading is the first lesson. Meanwhile, father is crossing the St. Lawrence River on the thick ice. Here he meets neighbors, who are cutting ice from the river. Back home, mother, and an older sister, Mariette, are busy making rugs which they will sell in the summer- time. When school is out, Roger meets the other children with his sled, and his dog Poilu. This is a heavy load, but Poilu is equal to it. Mother puts fresh wood on the fire. Rachel takes up her knitting. Soon father arrives and preparations for supper are begun. Early spring finds father at work among the sugar maples. The family visits him here as he works. On Sunday the Dufours and their neigh- bors go to church — sleigh bells mingling with the solemn call from the spire "An excellent film for elementary school children. Sequence showing maple sugar being made from the maple sap is particu- larly good." California p-el-jh Guide 15c 917.123 Alberta Color in the West. 3R 16-si-loan Canadian HI Pacific ry. 917.123 Photographed in color by Norman Hull, edited by Robert J. Martin and produced by Associated screen news, ltd. The open- ing shots are of the Calvary stampede held in the foothills of the Rockies. Our Cana- dian Pacific train arrives at Banff and we see the Banff Springs hotel where the Bow and Spray rivers meet. We are shown the terraces, tennis courts, canoeing, fishing and bathing in the warm sulphur pool available there. We see Cascade gardens in the shadow of the snows of Cascade mountains. A view of Bow river, with trees, glaciers and tinted peaks in the background. The tumbling waters of Bow Falls. Two mounties are seen riding one of the trails. Views follow of an Indian reservation. We are shown some of their activities and closeups of their colorful costumes and head-dresses. Then a group of tourists on horses winds up a mountain trail and pitches camp. Reel 2 opens on the golf links. Then the Canadian Pacific train takes us to Lake Louise and the hotel is seen surrounded with gardens. The lake is seen with the fingers of "Victoria glacier stretching down into its waters. Swimmers are seen frolicing in a pool high above sea level. More shots of Lake Louise. Then we move on to Moraine Lake where ten peaks walk in majesty. We are again on the train speeding to the great divide where Alberta becomes British Columbia. We see Takakkawa Falls, Twin Falls, Woho glacier. Emerald Lake, Mt Burgess, Crowfoot glacier, Bow Lake, Bow Pass and Ceyto Lake. Reel 3 brings us to Alexandra Camp. With the coming of day we start along the winding North Sas- katchewan. We see Saskatchewan glacier, Mt Athavaska and a riot of color in the flowers growing in the background. From Cline Pass the trail leads to Cataract Pass and Pinto Lake and then thru Sunset Pass back to camp. We see Mt Castleguard. Now the train takes us down from the mountain heights to Vancouver. We have many views of this "city of flowers." In her harbor we see the Empress of Japan set sail and also one of the "Princess" ships. We are shown the Empress Hotel at Victoria and shots of the flowers in the lovely gardens "A picture in color which gives an un- usually correct picture of the West. Some scenes a little overexposed but not ap- parent to the average person." Dale J. Baughman jh-sh-c-adult Open skyways in the Rockies. 1R 16-si- loan 35-si-nf-loan NPC 917.123 Presented by the Department of mines and resources. The film opens with dis- tance shots of mountain roads with an automobile winding up the mountainside. It proceeds to Banff and gives a shot of the information office where arriving cars stop for information as to gears andgradi- ents. The clothing of the tourists here indicate that this is not a new film. The film proceeds with many more scenic views. There are some closeups of a herd of deer met on the way. Johnston Canyon is ex- si - silent; sd - sound; f - inflammable; nf - safety; p - primary; el - elementary; Jh - junior high; sh - senior high; c - college; trade - trade schools 89